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the party says the elected government is no longer accepted by the people. at least five people have been killed and hundreds injured since massive anti-government protests began last month. demonstrators have called on the prime minister to resign. protesters in kiev knocked down a statue of vladimir lenin as outrage mounted against the government's suspension of talks with the european union. numerous statues of lenin have been removed from kiev. this is the third straight week of protests in ukraine. al jazeera's tim friend has more. >> reporter: they poured into independence square in the thousands. they know this demonstration has to be big and loud to sustain the pressure on president yanukovych. on the edge of the crowd, young men prepared tactics for the worst outcome, another violent confrontation with riot police. a few streets away, squads of officers lined up in front of presidential office. last week there was chaos here, many people injured in a police charge. now there's a standoff. riot police at the ready at one end of the street with their
the party says the elected government is no longer accepted by the people. at least five people have been killed and hundreds injured since massive anti-government protests began last month. demonstrators have called on the prime minister to resign. protesters in kiev knocked down a statue of vladimir lenin as outrage mounted against the government's suspension of talks with the european union. numerous statues of lenin have been removed from kiev. this is the third straight week of protests in...
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that this organization acts as a shadow government churning out corporatists legislation in forcing elected lawmakers to pledge allegiance to corporate interests rather than their own voters back home members here say nothing nefarious is going on i first came to alec over a decade ago when i was serving in the bush administration i've been privileged to work with alec in the federal government i've been privileged to work with alec when i was back in texas at the texas public policy foundation leading the tenth amendment center and i am proud to stand with alec today and i will tell you this my advice to alec is very very simple. stand your ground but looking at the conservative vendors on hand and what's on the docket in closed door task force meetings you can clearly see an agenda emerging alec has operated largely in the shadows but the organization did release some of its priorities for this year and we can get a sense of what laws are being written and voted on at this summit although alex still keep secret which corporate interests are be hind writing each model bill for example ther
that this organization acts as a shadow government churning out corporatists legislation in forcing elected lawmakers to pledge allegiance to corporate interests rather than their own voters back home members here say nothing nefarious is going on i first came to alec over a decade ago when i was serving in the bush administration i've been privileged to work with alec in the federal government i've been privileged to work with alec when i was back in texas at the texas public policy foundation...
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if greece were to hold elections golden dawn could potentially come as the third largest party in parliament . three militants killed by israeli security forces last week belonged to an al qa'ida linked terror group in which a team spirit council has said on its website. new claims raise concerns in the west bank of rising jihadist activity which has already been established in the gaza strip for more than a decade. the organizations said in a statement. we announced to the nation to its late nights with the grace of going beyond the only team to play for has attained a foothold in the west bank of everyone had tried to report every six months. israeli security agency shin bet did not specify feel that it's killed what else they demand this quilt in a statement on its website gets eight the members plan to attack but israeli and palestinian all thirty targets. it was the first time israel had to confront it and aunts great with ties to al qaeda in the west bank israeli officials say the suspects opened fire on troops before they were shocked that she felt was preceded by a number of reps aro
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this probably helps them get re-elected in some of these districts. i don't see that dynamic that's coming in. a month ago or so we were talking about how the republican party was in tatters after the shutdown. i think that was probably hyperbole in the same way healthcare.gov was going to end the obama presidency. >> i don't know if this is devil's advocate or heavy-handed liberalism. the notion that people now have a personal tangible experience with the health care law, which is to say their children are 26 and kept in the law, lifetime limits, cheaper premiums. in some cases they don't have cheaper premiums. being a woman, you don't have to be punished for it under the health care law. there are many ways women are repressed by republican all over the country. the point is karl rove was on fox saying the president repeated the things we've heard for months as to the benefits of the system. you get to keep your child on your insurance until age 26 and so on and so forth. it hasn't helped to a great degree. it's as if he's clearly trying to diminish
this probably helps them get re-elected in some of these districts. i don't see that dynamic that's coming in. a month ago or so we were talking about how the republican party was in tatters after the shutdown. i think that was probably hyperbole in the same way healthcare.gov was going to end the obama presidency. >> i don't know if this is devil's advocate or heavy-handed liberalism. the notion that people now have a personal tangible experience with the health care law, which is to say...
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it would have consequences in terms of politics and elections, and we have seen that. also, in terms of tension and all kinds of things. i made a mental note to follow-up, and i never did. one of those things 245 reporters just move on to the next story, so when i heard about this, i thought this was in many ways a perfect follow-up bus everything that they said would happen in suburbia, and not far from here, i don't know if you have been there, but sussex is 60 miles, patchhook is 60 miles from new york city, and this situation was going on so near -- actually between new york city and the hamptons, and maybe not so many loss, but so many people from new york drive to the hamptons every weekends that maybe they don't look sideways and think, you know, this is going on here. these people are our neighbors, and it's happening right next door to us. that's the second reason i was attracted to the story, and the third reason, because as you know, i'm an immigrant myself. i came from cuba when i was 16 years old, a boarded a boat named manana, and i wrote a book about it
it would have consequences in terms of politics and elections, and we have seen that. also, in terms of tension and all kinds of things. i made a mental note to follow-up, and i never did. one of those things 245 reporters just move on to the next story, so when i heard about this, i thought this was in many ways a perfect follow-up bus everything that they said would happen in suburbia, and not far from here, i don't know if you have been there, but sussex is 60 miles, patchhook is 60 miles...
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some of them voted to ree elect them. but they've realized now that they've been sold a pig in a poke. the economy is not getting better. they're discouraged over the whole thing. they're down on both parties. they're unhappy. >> we have a little bit of the president at a youth summit from the past week hitting on, i guess, maybe this is the beginning of the pr campaign. let's watch that and then i have a tweet i want to share. >> if you're a student body president, set up a spot on campus. open your doors and use an e-mail list to help people learn the facts. if you're a bartender, have a happy hour. >> bartender, really? >> this reflects, and i dare say, pat, i think you would agree with this, desperationen by the president. bottom line, if young people don't sign up, if only 22% or 25% don't sign up, it means that the affordable care act's economics don't work. there isn't the resources to sustain the plan. so the president has got to get everybody involved. and that speech, harris, i think he's just tilting at wind mi
some of them voted to ree elect them. but they've realized now that they've been sold a pig in a poke. the economy is not getting better. they're discouraged over the whole thing. they're down on both parties. they're unhappy. >> we have a little bit of the president at a youth summit from the past week hitting on, i guess, maybe this is the beginning of the pr campaign. let's watch that and then i have a tweet i want to share. >> if you're a student body president, set up a spot on...
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that is the way it was in the election cycle but these young people in 2012, look at obamacare. we see policies so quickly turned against the generation that voted for them in 2012 and you would think i voted in 2004 obama. and the turnaround in 2012 and looking to the student loans? there pushed like predators' on these students. stuart: in the last two presidential elections president obama won an overwhelming plurality of young people's votes for students or youngsters, he won a plurality. do you think there is any chance come 2016, years down the road that situation will be reversed? >> it could be reversed and the lot is incumbent on republicans on making the case, depend on the candidate, the messaging, the outrage, lot of things. stuart: you need republicans to go to universities. >> there was a study that democrats good universities more than republicans and bring in more liberal speakers than republicans and go to the lecture hall every single day kids are getting a liberal perspective and the.. i am taking online classes and running this organization. i have no student
that is the way it was in the election cycle but these young people in 2012, look at obamacare. we see policies so quickly turned against the generation that voted for them in 2012 and you would think i voted in 2004 obama. and the turnaround in 2012 and looking to the student loans? there pushed like predators' on these students. stuart: in the last two presidential elections president obama won an overwhelming plurality of young people's votes for students or youngsters, he won a plurality....
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the republicans pulling ahead in 2010 and the democrats making a comeback in this area in the 2012 election. so with me now to talk about this i've got dante ginny, director of the american communities project at american university and co-author of our patchwork major leagues nation and richard flores himself, co d co-editor and founder at large of the atlantic. dante, you've been breaking this up for quite some time. we talked about patrick nation and the different things you've done but the basic split in the suburbs, is it moving in one direction or really now is there sort soft some stability in this swing vote area? >> i think it depends. you laid it out well in the introduction. there's a split that really exists where the suburbs end and the excerpts begin. if you look at the way we break it down with the american communities project today, we have a type of county called these urban suburbs and they are definitely getting poorer in -- >> urban suburbs. here in washington, d.c., that would be arlington, montgomery county, lake county. >> no. lake actually i think falls into the exce
the republicans pulling ahead in 2010 and the democrats making a comeback in this area in the 2012 election. so with me now to talk about this i've got dante ginny, director of the american communities project at american university and co-author of our patchwork major leagues nation and richard flores himself, co d co-editor and founder at large of the atlantic. dante, you've been breaking this up for quite some time. we talked about patrick nation and the different things you've done but the...
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and the people really should pay attention to whether their elected officials are scrupul s scrupulously adhering to the constitution. >> is there a comparison to what some other president did in recent history that we can compare this to? >> well, no, i think this is quite different. so president bush did occasionally claim the power not to execute certain laws because he believed that those laws were unconstitutional. that's quite a different matter. here president obama is declining to execute statutes without any claim that they're unconstitutional. president obama does not believe obama care is unconstitutional. he believes it is fantastic. he thinks as a matter of policy and politics it serves his purposes to defer parts of it for a year and to interpret it in ways the text won't allow. so it might superficially look a bit like what president obama did but it is quite different. there is no constitutional rationale for it. >> thank you as always. >> happy to be with you. >> no doubt about it, the obama care rollout is a giant what do the big problems with the law say about big gove
and the people really should pay attention to whether their elected officials are scrupul s scrupulously adhering to the constitution. >> is there a comparison to what some other president did in recent history that we can compare this to? >> well, no, i think this is quite different. so president bush did occasionally claim the power not to execute certain laws because he believed that those laws were unconstitutional. that's quite a different matter. here president obama is...
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>> the way to resolve this crisis is through parliament elections. we want a no-confidence resolution in the government of ukraine. this government should resign >> reporter: pictures have emerged from sunday night that show the police were, at times, brutal in the treatment of protesters and journisalistjour >> antoine was beaton by riot police. he pleaded with them to stop. these are his bruises, and this is all that's left of his camera. the police were also on the receiving end. officials say 35 were hurt by protesters, some are in hospital. away from the city center, there are no protests, just the grim routine of life in a cold winter. this is where we met tatiana, selling cabbage and very much in favor of political change. trons >> translator: we were on our knees a long time. i am grateful to the protesters. i want my children and grandchildren to have better lives. >> reporter: back in index square, people are prepared for another long night. in speech after speech, they say ukraine is part of europe. >> there is no sign that protesters are
>> the way to resolve this crisis is through parliament elections. we want a no-confidence resolution in the government of ukraine. this government should resign >> reporter: pictures have emerged from sunday night that show the police were, at times, brutal in the treatment of protesters and journisalistjour >> antoine was beaton by riot police. he pleaded with them to stop. these are his bruises, and this is all that's left of his camera. the police were also on the...
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does she need to run with him in the primary but against him in a general election? >> well, basically, you got to look at her as a very strange woman. she has two husbands. one's name is bill, the other's name is barack. she can't divorce either one of them. she's going to have to hug them, warts and all, and run with them. if she turns against this president at any point before she has this thing wrapped up, the base is not going to have it. this president has come back from the dead 57 times. he will be back. but she cannot get away from him any more than she can from bill clinton. >> complicated. a.b., i'm not going to follow up on the two husband metaphor. that was van jones, cnn, ladies and gentlemen. that's all his. but a.b., there's a provocative piece in politico today with a quote from our friend who says that hillary clinton is the liferaft on obama's sinking ship. alex is talking about the now, saying that democrats who want to split from the president even now can look somewhat to hillary clinton for safe harbor. do you see that happening, democrats in a
does she need to run with him in the primary but against him in a general election? >> well, basically, you got to look at her as a very strange woman. she has two husbands. one's name is bill, the other's name is barack. she can't divorce either one of them. she's going to have to hug them, warts and all, and run with them. if she turns against this president at any point before she has this thing wrapped up, the base is not going to have it. this president has come back from the dead 57...
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elected officials, and this is all over the books, they were very careless and what they said. they talked about not only illegal aliens, that supporting the children of immigrants who cross the border. one of them said, and so it just became sort of fair game. if you heard one of the things i read from a young woman in high school, the media played a role in this. and so, i think it was just this was the environment in which they grew up. >> [inaudible] you pointed this out in the book and somehow [inaudible] there is a healing process going on in this tragedy but there are many other places they don't go to any kind of awareness. you move further away from manhattan and upstate new york you find much more of this. when you explored this rhetoric of hatred and the kind of thing in this case we are saying they were kids, 16, 17-years-old, they were probably hearing things at home and on the radio all the time and on facebook you can post anything on immigrants and have ten or 15 people saying the exact same thing. it's the extent you've been able to reflect this and get some wi
elected officials, and this is all over the books, they were very careless and what they said. they talked about not only illegal aliens, that supporting the children of immigrants who cross the border. one of them said, and so it just became sort of fair game. if you heard one of the things i read from a young woman in high school, the media played a role in this. and so, i think it was just this was the environment in which they grew up. >> [inaudible] you pointed this out in the book...
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the following year in the first mixed race election in south africa's history nelson mandela was elected president. >> today is a day like no other before it. >> reporter: we were the first to interview him on that first morning as president elect. mandela tempered south africa's joy when he said healing his country would take time. >> it cannot be done overnight. it is going to take a year, two years, even as much as five years. so help me god. >> reporter: from enemy of the state to head of state, nelson mandela's walk to freedom became a journey shared by his entire nation. >> i have never been so excited and hopeful in my life in south africa as i am now. >> reporter: years later, nelson mandela paid a return visit to his former prison cell, this time accompanied by president bill clinton, who later presented him with the congressional gold medal. mandela stepped down as president in 1999, but he lived long enough to see the united states elect its own black president. >> so help me god. >> reporter: and in 2011 he was paid a visit in south africa by first lady michelle obama who bro
the following year in the first mixed race election in south africa's history nelson mandela was elected president. >> today is a day like no other before it. >> reporter: we were the first to interview him on that first morning as president elect. mandela tempered south africa's joy when he said healing his country would take time. >> it cannot be done overnight. it is going to take a year, two years, even as much as five years. so help me god. >> reporter: from enemy...
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i don't think you can find anybody in america who's worked harder for his re-election or supported this bill or went out of his way to explain the bill to the american people more than idi >> that's president wolf, on health reform, obama care, and what he said, you know, created a lot of controversy. >> yeah. he obviously does support the president. hillary clinton, as you and all of our viewers know is the overwhelming democti favorite president in2016ingor what does the former president say about his wife and 2016? >> he is saying he doesn't know if she's going to run or not. >> is mrs. clinton running for president? >> i don't know. and i think and she believes that the country should spend at least another year working very hard on the problems we have. we w haveery serious challenges in america. and we have responsibilities around the world. i think it's a big mistake, you know, this constanten four-year campaign is not good for america. we nee to deal with the business we have before us. >> wolf, i did ask him ask the former president what he thought of vice president biden as a
i don't think you can find anybody in america who's worked harder for his re-election or supported this bill or went out of his way to explain the bill to the american people more than idi >> that's president wolf, on health reform, obama care, and what he said, you know, created a lot of controversy. >> yeah. he obviously does support the president. hillary clinton, as you and all of our viewers know is the overwhelming democti favorite president in2016ingor what does the former...
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she served as president for 12 years before her election as a ft president in 2008. that ends the biographical portion of the program. as always, we are on the record here. please no live blogging retweeting or other means of filing well this is underway. there is no embargo on the breakfast. our friends at c-span have agreed not to air video of the session until one hour after the broadcast is over to give reporters time to file. give me a nonthreatening signal and i will call on one and all. low on the subtleties scale, but nonthreatening anyway. he nonthreatening is what i'm concerned about. we will offer our guests the opportunity to make some opening comments and then we will move around the table. >> first of all i just want to say thank you for all of you for being here. and thank you for letting me engage in this give-and-take with everyone. can you hear me? i am an asthmatic. when i am sitting instead of standing, i have to actually really use my lungs. it is an interesting -- i riff on that a little bit, because it is interesting when i start talking about
she served as president for 12 years before her election as a ft president in 2008. that ends the biographical portion of the program. as always, we are on the record here. please no live blogging retweeting or other means of filing well this is underway. there is no embargo on the breakfast. our friends at c-span have agreed not to air video of the session until one hour after the broadcast is over to give reporters time to file. give me a nonthreatening signal and i will call on one and all....
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even if many of these tea partiers won the primaries, would they have a real chance in the general election? >> well, thomas, in the last few years we've seen republican primaries handing big victories to democrats in otherwise unwinnable states like todd aiken or christine o'donnell. unfortunately for democrats, this texas race is a missed opportunity because the filing deadline was last night. even if steve stockman wins the primary and potentially hands democrats, you know, a potential victory in the general election, they don't have a candidate, so democrats did not file any serious candidates. like i said, it could be a lost opportunity for the party. >> so, victoria, playing off of that, how does that affect other races in the state of texas? >> well, what we're seeing with steve stockman is he's this really annoying tick on a really big dog, john cornyn, and he's going to be pulling the cornyn race further and further to the right but he's also going to be pulling all of the other races further to the right. and two things could possibly happen. one is he gets the republican right so
even if many of these tea partiers won the primaries, would they have a real chance in the general election? >> well, thomas, in the last few years we've seen republican primaries handing big victories to democrats in otherwise unwinnable states like todd aiken or christine o'donnell. unfortunately for democrats, this texas race is a missed opportunity because the filing deadline was last night. even if steve stockman wins the primary and potentially hands democrats, you know, a potential...
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and that would be the biggest wipeout of the democratic party in an election we've ever seen. that's what they're facing if they don't change this thing or, i think what they're going to do is try to delay the whole thing past the election. >> there are numbers that have come out, and fox news has done this polling as well to see whether or not people are feeling like taking this issue to the ballot box. and i want to show everybody about trustworthiness and where this administration is. 55% of people surveyed in this fox news poll earlier this month say that they feel like the administration has tried to deceive them about what's really in the affordable care act. that's problematic not just for this president but it becomes an election talking point, i would imagine, at some point. if it holds. >> the democrats voted for it and no republicans in 2010, not one in the house or senate, voted for this thing. so they have high ground to criticize it. but like you talked about with us the other sunday nights and with congressman west on friday night, i saw you talking to him. the
and that would be the biggest wipeout of the democratic party in an election we've ever seen. that's what they're facing if they don't change this thing or, i think what they're going to do is try to delay the whole thing past the election. >> there are numbers that have come out, and fox news has done this polling as well to see whether or not people are feeling like taking this issue to the ballot box. and i want to show everybody about trustworthiness and where this administration is....
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in 1994 mandela was elected the first black president, and it was also the first vote he was allowed to cast. >> of our hopes and dreams that we have cherished. >> reporter: today, mandela's great granddaughter remembered him. >> the future without madiba. you are in our memory. you tower over the walls leaving streaks of light for us to follow. we salute you. >> one of mandela's most important legacies was the support for truth and reconciliation commission. thousands of victims and perpetrators, black and white, told their stories t t t t t t o highest expectation of the majority. >> but much is still left to be done in the infant democracy. >> he told us that the promises of democracy would not be met overnight, and that the fears of the few would not be allowed to delay th. >> corruption and scandals rampant in the anc political party, and white-owned businesses are in lieu contra-tive partnerships with the investors. the gap between rich and poor is still one of the largest in the world. south africa's struggle would not have been denied by mandela. president obama touched on th
in 1994 mandela was elected the first black president, and it was also the first vote he was allowed to cast. >> of our hopes and dreams that we have cherished. >> reporter: today, mandela's great granddaughter remembered him. >> the future without madiba. you are in our memory. you tower over the walls leaving streaks of light for us to follow. we salute you. >> one of mandela's most important legacies was the support for truth and reconciliation commission. thousands...
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you can't have a national election like, you know, our presidential elections where some states obey some rules and other states obey others. right now we have the electoral college and it's basically in almost all states it's winner take all. but if you cherry pick states and if you only -- again, if you're republicans only cherry picking the blue states, only cherry picking the democratic states, then you have two different sets of rules, where if you're a red state and the republican wins in the red state, he gets all the electoral votes. in a blue state, though, we divide them proportionately according to the percentage of the vote, under this california scheme. that clearly disadvantages one party over the other. >> let me put that to you, jamelle. it can work for both sides though, no? >> i think if every state went to some port of proportional distribution scheme not by congressional district, it is just inherently unfair, but by vote share, it would work fine. you could even have -- the national popular vote initiative, the way it's supposed to work, is that whoever receives
you can't have a national election like, you know, our presidential elections where some states obey some rules and other states obey others. right now we have the electoral college and it's basically in almost all states it's winner take all. but if you cherry pick states and if you only -- again, if you're republicans only cherry picking the blue states, only cherry picking the democratic states, then you have two different sets of rules, where if you're a red state and the republican wins in...
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. >> it was just one month before president reagan is elected. jimmy carter and president reagan were campaigning hard for every vote. >> john hinckley gets within arm's reach of jimmy carter in dayton, ohio. >> one week later hinckley is in nashville, tennessee, still stalking carter. when hinckley leaves, airport police find several guns in his luggage. >> he was arrested, fingerprinted and photographed for carrying a weapon and the information was never sent to the secret service. they took the weapons. he paid a fine. and that was the end of that. >> within days, hinckley is in dallas where his sister lives, shopping for more guns at rocky's pawn shop. he buys two revolvers for $98, including the one he's use to shoot president reagan. >> he purchased it legally at the time. caliber .22. a very lightweight snub nose handgun. >> he'd actually gone to firing ranges. he had trained, or go to self-training. >> john hinckley took a lot of practice. he took a lot of target practice. he never shot at moving targets. and moving the president towards
. >> it was just one month before president reagan is elected. jimmy carter and president reagan were campaigning hard for every vote. >> john hinckley gets within arm's reach of jimmy carter in dayton, ohio. >> one week later hinckley is in nashville, tennessee, still stalking carter. when hinckley leaves, airport police find several guns in his luggage. >> he was arrested, fingerprinted and photographed for carrying a weapon and the information was never sent to the...
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. >> the american people work hard and they expect their elected representatives to do the same. today the house has passed nearly 150 bills in congress that united states senate has failed to act on. >> so that's a bit of the blame game. we looked at those 1 a bills and it turns out that nearly a third of them went after obama care which of course is a nonstarter with democrats and on the other hand, senate has passed some bills like immigration reform that have crawled to a halt in the house. now congress has passed some major legislation. things like the violence against women act. overall, what is going on here is divided government with sharply divided politics. it means all of these folks up here have one major accomplishment they share. this is the least productive congress in modern history. back to you. >> all right, lisa dejourdan. thank you. >>> coming up, the focus of our debate for you with the political panel. can lawmakers stop playing the blame game long enough to get a little bit of work done? panelists will break it down. >> and our fourth question, what about t
. >> the american people work hard and they expect their elected representatives to do the same. today the house has passed nearly 150 bills in congress that united states senate has failed to act on. >> so that's a bit of the blame game. we looked at those 1 a bills and it turns out that nearly a third of them went after obama care which of course is a nonstarter with democrats and on the other hand, senate has passed some bills like immigration reform that have crawled to a halt...
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all of our big elected names are expected back in town now. the house and the senate back on the roll call tomorrow. so what are the key issues of the many that they're expected to take up before adjourning for the year? >> well, alex, it's interesting. i don't want to sound too optimistic here, but all signs are pointing to the fact that they might actually get a deal on the budget. that deal might include scaling back some of those sequester cuts, finding a little bit of deficit reduction. here's the key thing to focus on, though, right now, alex. the tone. there doesn't seem to be an appetite for another government shutdown. that, of course, bodes well for the economy and washington in general. take a listen to what two lawmakers had to say earlier today. >> keep the budget caps in place, not raise taxes, which is important during this weak economy, and actually avoid a government shutdown. so i'm hopeful that even by the end of this week we'll be able to come together and achieve that. >> i certainly hope as part of it that the negotiators
all of our big elected names are expected back in town now. the house and the senate back on the roll call tomorrow. so what are the key issues of the many that they're expected to take up before adjourning for the year? >> well, alex, it's interesting. i don't want to sound too optimistic here, but all signs are pointing to the fact that they might actually get a deal on the budget. that deal might include scaling back some of those sequester cuts, finding a little bit of deficit...
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planentioned the war and plan.ren can this win elections outside massachusetts? when you pull the public on ,hings like education, jobs people want good jobs, people want the american jury. ant the american dream. if you look at the recent blog post, i think it was not an politico -- in sorry. i think it is totally right. one of the great unifying factors in this country was if setwork hard and play by a of fairnes
planentioned the war and plan.ren can this win elections outside massachusetts? when you pull the public on ,hings like education, jobs people want good jobs, people want the american jury. ant the american dream. if you look at the recent blog post, i think it was not an politico -- in sorry. i think it is totally right. one of the great unifying factors in this country was if setwork hard and play by a of fairnes
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the fact is that it is law making by a non elected body. here is wayne cruz from the competitive enterprise institute. >> the agency is issuing rules but they are not accountable to voters. you have the law and there is a great argument this nation needs to have about much of the law making that takes place in the country. if you are a regular scitizen ad can show you are harmed by this, they are facing several lawsuits and some will be argued by the supreme court. >> thank you so much. new developments raising questions about who should be held responsible for the deadly train derailment in new york city. operator was suspended without pay for reportedly nodding off. train was equipped with alert system but it was on the other end of the train. we are joined by our legal eagle panel. could it be now that the onus is going to be on the mta, the train company? >> we have causing -- don't break out the latin words on me. >> thanks d s dug. >> it is how you hold the company responsible for the conduct of the employee. if they are outside the s
the fact is that it is law making by a non elected body. here is wayne cruz from the competitive enterprise institute. >> the agency is issuing rules but they are not accountable to voters. you have the law and there is a great argument this nation needs to have about much of the law making that takes place in the country. if you are a regular scitizen ad can show you are harmed by this, they are facing several lawsuits and some will be argued by the supreme court. >> thank you so...
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. >>> new york's mayor elects one of the biggest supporters to head the nypd. >>> a new wave of violence hit bebengazi. >> what would it be like to live on a floating ship in the middle of the ocean. >>> welcome to "consider this". we begin with the celebration of the life and legacy of nelson mandemandela. a ten-day mourning period began in south africa where mandela ercheddeendended the wave of ap. >>> mamandela's fellow lauret sd the sun will rise tomorrow and the next day and the next. it may not appear as bright today but life will carry on. joining me now is johnny carson. we are also joined by dr. silvia hill a board member at transafrica the oldest foreign policy organization in the united states. transafrica was at the heart of the anti-apartheid fight in the 1980's and she traveled with nelson mandel la o mandela on hp to the united states. thank verthank you very much fog us. >> urchyou are both uniquely positioned to talk about nelson mandela. what was your reaction to the news that nelson mandela passed. >> we all expected that he would pass in the immediate future but we ar
. >>> new york's mayor elects one of the biggest supporters to head the nypd. >>> a new wave of violence hit bebengazi. >> what would it be like to live on a floating ship in the middle of the ocean. >>> welcome to "consider this". we begin with the celebration of the life and legacy of nelson mandemandela. a ten-day mourning period began in south africa where mandela ercheddeendended the wave of ap. >>> mamandela's fellow lauret sd the sun...
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the republican party this year has shown itself not to have recovered from the 2012 election. not to have learned from a lot of mistakes it made last year. they have big problems with women. >> what about the report. it has been a lot of year for republicans to rebrand themselves. >> the virginia governor's race was like a rerun and exposed how the problems are still there. not just in ken cuccinelli's campaign. they are in a lot of campaigns. the immigration reform, it's certainly a loss for the president. they will as republicans know continue to use it and hammer it with president obama going to visit the fasters this weekend. he's going to continue to talk about immigration even if he knows it's a lot of cause. >> the republicans have won the big issue called the health care. the the democrats have seven that terry mcauliffe used in that governor's race and frankly every democrat running for the u.s. senate is going to use. immigration is one of them, contraception. we can go down the list. >> i think if you're a politician running in 2014, the key is don't be part of wash
the republican party this year has shown itself not to have recovered from the 2012 election. not to have learned from a lot of mistakes it made last year. they have big problems with women. >> what about the report. it has been a lot of year for republicans to rebrand themselves. >> the virginia governor's race was like a rerun and exposed how the problems are still there. not just in ken cuccinelli's campaign. they are in a lot of campaigns. the immigration reform, it's certainly...
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who would the republicans fear more in a general election? >> i think hillary clinton is ultimately the more formidable democratic nominee. joe biden is widely seen as a democrat who does well with white working class voters. that's one reason why he was seen as a big asset to the obama ticket. that's one reason why he might, you know, prove relatively successful. but ultimately hillary clinton is someone to the surprise of some republicans who has a lot of appeal with women, particularly mod raterate and low-income women including some women who are republicans. hillary clinton has surprising crossover appeal. i'm not sure joe biden has the same crossover appeal particularly because he's been, frankly, so gaffe prone. >> juan carlos also asked the former president about comments he made saying that the current president, president obama, should honor his commitment to make sure if you like your health care plan, you can keep your health care plan. there seemed to be a little tension at the time. this is how he explained what he said. >> i sa
who would the republicans fear more in a general election? >> i think hillary clinton is ultimately the more formidable democratic nominee. joe biden is widely seen as a democrat who does well with white working class voters. that's one reason why he was seen as a big asset to the obama ticket. that's one reason why he might, you know, prove relatively successful. but ultimately hillary clinton is someone to the surprise of some republicans who has a lot of appeal with women, particularly...
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does the prime minister accept that when interest rates go up after the election, it will detonate a sub-prime debt crisis of his making? >> the greatest danger in terms of interest rates would be to have a government who believed in more borrowing, more spending, and more taxing. that is what would drive up interest rates, that is what would hit the cost of living and that is what every family in this country should dread. >> order. >> you're been watching prime minister's questions. question time airs on c-span2 every wednesday. again on sunday night at 9:00 p.m. eastern on c-span. you can watch anytime at c- span.org. >> a conversation with supreme court justice elena kagan about the inner workings of the supreme court. after that, a discussion of the constitution and the rule of justice with supreme court justice clarence thomas. then, the future of the republican party is seen by strategist anna navarro. >> next, supreme court justice elena kagan discussing the working of the u.s. supreme court at the university of alabama law school. >> i'm having to get used to that title. we
does the prime minister accept that when interest rates go up after the election, it will detonate a sub-prime debt crisis of his making? >> the greatest danger in terms of interest rates would be to have a government who believed in more borrowing, more spending, and more taxing. that is what would drive up interest rates, that is what would hit the cost of living and that is what every family in this country should dread. >> order. >> you're been watching prime minister's...
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nine years ago, the orange revolution led to a rerun of suspect elections and mr. yanukovych's ouster from office. he seems determined not to repeat that experience. the question is whether he has overplayed his hand by giving into russian demands. the new generation of protesters empowered by the memories and failed promises of the orange revolution and the organizational tool of the internet, are equally determined not to give in. for them, this battle is about the soul of their nation. they were outraged by the government's 11th hour u-turn against an agreement with the e.u. which would have been an essential milestone towards full e.u. membership. the toxic situation here was further enflamed by the heavy and brutal hand of the police. the riot police used teargas, baton charges and stun grenades. the protesters responded with rocks. the result: dozens of injured on both sides and a foretaste of things to come in a crisis with no elegant or obvious solution. >> woodruff: for more on the protests and what it all means, i'm joined by former u.s. ambassador to the
nine years ago, the orange revolution led to a rerun of suspect elections and mr. yanukovych's ouster from office. he seems determined not to repeat that experience. the question is whether he has overplayed his hand by giving into russian demands. the new generation of protesters empowered by the memories and failed promises of the orange revolution and the organizational tool of the internet, are equally determined not to give in. for them, this battle is about the soul of their nation. they...
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white house or for a former top adviser to the president to be saying in public, yeah, the next two election cycles are going to be a little rough, but on the other side the president's legacy is secure, that's pretty slim solace. >> what about this deadline now. we're already on december 2nd today. isn't there going to be mass chaos for people trying to actually sign up now before they have to start paying that penalty? >> well, you think about this. if you had insurance, if you're a mom, you've got a family, you have insurance for this family, it is disrupted. the policy is not allowed to continue because of the regulations in the health law. so you get this notification. you want to sign up. you want to have insurance as of january 1. but if you cannot get through this website and you fail, that would be a very desperate feeling. gretchen, think about this. this is the most important part. is the part for paying for it and making sure that people actually have the insurance, that's not even built yet. >> chris, let's take a quick break here. stand by if you can. i want to go live now to t
white house or for a former top adviser to the president to be saying in public, yeah, the next two election cycles are going to be a little rough, but on the other side the president's legacy is secure, that's pretty slim solace. >> what about this deadline now. we're already on december 2nd today. isn't there going to be mass chaos for people trying to actually sign up now before they have to start paying that penalty? >> well, you think about this. if you had insurance, if you're...
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he was elected for a four-year term that was elected -- extended to 2014. he received more votes than any candidate in the history of colombian democracy. two weeks ago he announced that he will run for reelection in next year's presidential election saying he wants to finish the peace process that he started. he wants to be able to finish the peace process that he started. he campaigned in 2010 on a platform to carry on the offensive against the leftist guerrillas who waged war against the government for decades. as president, he opened talks with the main rebel group, farc. reached a draft agreement recently and we expect that president santos will tell us about the negotiations and the chances for an ultimate peace agreement. these agreements could well be the central issue in next year's presidential election. one opponent is calling for an end to the peace talks. also opposing the peace negotiation is former president of colombia who says he favors president, will take a harder stance against the rebels. please let me that join me in giving a warm pres
he was elected for a four-year term that was elected -- extended to 2014. he received more votes than any candidate in the history of colombian democracy. two weeks ago he announced that he will run for reelection in next year's presidential election saying he wants to finish the peace process that he started. he wants to be able to finish the peace process that he started. he campaigned in 2010 on a platform to carry on the offensive against the leftist guerrillas who waged war against the...
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and thi includes anyone, including the elected democrats are in negotiations with president obama and his team all along. and i think as we lok to the future of what is the enrollment look like and what it reassessing these prices for 2015, what does it look like next summer when busnesses and waivers expire and they might take a bunch of people in their companies imported into these changes, people that think they are unaffected by the law. there's a lot of potential problems that could come from the slot that have nothing to do with the website. and the administration needs to face that. lou: one of the unintended consequences is to invert the ratio and medicare is swamped. $17 trillion in unfunded liabilities are a likely outcome for medicare. >> i think that medicaid will reach a crisis actuation fairly soon but it will not be alone. we talked before about the cuts to medicare and what was required by obamacare. and this includes the private insurance market starting with the individual market and it started off as a website problem and it could well become a health care crisis. l
and thi includes anyone, including the elected democrats are in negotiations with president obama and his team all along. and i think as we lok to the future of what is the enrollment look like and what it reassessing these prices for 2015, what does it look like next summer when busnesses and waivers expire and they might take a bunch of people in their companies imported into these changes, people that think they are unaffected by the law. there's a lot of potential problems that could come...
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while brown has not announced whether he will seek re- election, he was preferred in the poll over three republican candidates. >>> fast-food workers in the bay area are getting ready to protest low wages. [chanting] >> about 100 mcdonald's workers in new york city staged a noisy protest this morning. the workers are asking for $15 an hour. and the right to form a union without retaliation. right now, many fast food workers earn minimum wage which varies from state to state from about $5 to $9 and hour depending upon the state. >>> well, temperatures finally beginning to recover a little bit after the very cold start this morning. we have another round of very cold temperatures once again. freeze warnings to talk about first thing tomorrow morning. you can see our live camera looking out over toward the bay bridge. we're in the clear with the high clouds out to the to the north and west. the satellite shows ez clear skies. no storms just yet but we have the cold air mass pushing into the region moving in from the north. with that we're gonna hold onto the cold weather pattern into your f
while brown has not announced whether he will seek re- election, he was preferred in the poll over three republican candidates. >>> fast-food workers in the bay area are getting ready to protest low wages. [chanting] >> about 100 mcdonald's workers in new york city staged a noisy protest this morning. the workers are asking for $15 an hour. and the right to form a union without retaliation. right now, many fast food workers earn minimum wage which varies from state to state from...
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get going. >> if the election would happen today, he wouldn't be re-elected. >> that's the thing. he's not. >> i'm sorry f you're a trend reader, you are, you're a trend reader. he's under water 11%. and it's getting wider and worse up. can't step up and say, well, this is it. i'm going to show you i'm trustworthy. he has to wait until he bottoms out. >> only two ways to bring your numbers back up like that. do something significant, which i don't think there's more to do, or have the opposition party screw up, or i think they will, or were. >> or good economic numbers. >> they said the economy was supposed to grow according to barron's, supposed to grow 1.7% -- or 2.7%. >> or find another bin laden. >> david fluff talking about when obama was to find a bright part of the rainbow, whatever that means. >> you'll see almost every state in this country running their own exchanges. i think it will work really good then. >> there you go, 2017. >> right around the corner. >> right around the corner, kids. >> i thought they said it was working now? >> i love it. >> it's going to be aweso
get going. >> if the election would happen today, he wouldn't be re-elected. >> that's the thing. he's not. >> i'm sorry f you're a trend reader, you are, you're a trend reader. he's under water 11%. and it's getting wider and worse up. can't step up and say, well, this is it. i'm going to show you i'm trustworthy. he has to wait until he bottoms out. >> only two ways to bring your numbers back up like that. do something significant, which i don't think there's more to...
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day after day they marched and said the election was rigged. they waved orange flags and wore orange scarves. and in the end they won. that mass protest movement forced a new presidential erection. the poisoned guy won. that was known as the orange resolution. he was running against an anti-western guy who was pushing for closer ties to russia. and now the pendulum is swinging back again and rather fax. the president of the ukraine rejected an opportunity to pull the country away from the grip of russia and towards the rest of europe. nine years after the first one, mass protests again in the streets of ukraine's capital city. and they are protesting against the exact same guy. the protesters were marching against the country's president. demanding that he turn his back on putin and open their country to the west. protest leaders sensing that leaders turned to their advantage. the weekend the protest did turn violent when police decided to use force. the clashes got so violent that the chief of police submitted his resignation last night. these
day after day they marched and said the election was rigged. they waved orange flags and wore orange scarves. and in the end they won. that mass protest movement forced a new presidential erection. the poisoned guy won. that was known as the orange resolution. he was running against an anti-western guy who was pushing for closer ties to russia. and now the pendulum is swinging back again and rather fax. the president of the ukraine rejected an opportunity to pull the country away from the grip...
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he survived the poisoning but later lost the election. or at least it seemed like he did before his supporters took to to the streets. day after day they marched on this square saying the election was rigged and they wore orange scarves and flags because org was his campaign color. in the end they wochbl it forced a new presidential election and when the votes were counted, it turns out the poisoned guy won. that was known as the orange revolution because of the sea of orange-clad protesters that filled the streets in ukraine. that was 2004. the guy who was ultimately declared the winner of the election, the poisoned guy. he was a pro--western politician. running against anti-western guy. an ally of vladimir putten pushing for closer ties with russia. the pro putin guy has managed to become president of the ukraine and now the pendulum is swinging back and rather fast. this is fascinating. last month, the pro--putin guy, the president of ukraine now, decided to reject an agreement that would have brought his country closer to the european
he survived the poisoning but later lost the election. or at least it seemed like he did before his supporters took to to the streets. day after day they marched on this square saying the election was rigged and they wore orange scarves and flags because org was his campaign color. in the end they wochbl it forced a new presidential election and when the votes were counted, it turns out the poisoned guy won. that was known as the orange revolution because of the sea of orange-clad protesters...
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current government and the president to step down and for the early presidential elections to take place the interests of western politicians and what is essentially ukrainian domestic affairs has drawn sharp criticism from russia's foreign minister sergei lavrov who said that this type of reaction is simply inadequate. due to the recent statements that have been voiced today on ukraine i consider for the. especially the hysterics that some european countries are going into the after ukraine used. and decided of this moment in time not to sign an agreement with the agreement but the experts i'm a government found not profitable you can see. at the same time there have been. in support of current president victor he knew caused it but so we haven't seen any of western politicians attending those protests and in fact there are some people who are saying that this is simply unthinkable a protest in ukraine are hardly different from those happening in european countries such as spain portugal or greece but you do not see western politicians coming there and talking with the opposition's lead
current government and the president to step down and for the early presidential elections to take place the interests of western politicians and what is essentially ukrainian domestic affairs has drawn sharp criticism from russia's foreign minister sergei lavrov who said that this type of reaction is simply inadequate. due to the recent statements that have been voiced today on ukraine i consider for the. especially the hysterics that some european countries are going into the after ukraine...
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a wrench into negotiations after saying he would not sign the agreement until after that country's elections in sprin spring 2014. >>> two days after nelson mandela's death vigils and memorials continue to grow. tomorrow the country begins an official week of mourning of their late president. sir, throughout the night from their perspective. every time i've spoken to you over the past few years the crowds get louder. they get morse more celebrateor. >> yes, you can hear how many people are chanting, praise for the father of this nation. how he transformed the country and gave so many people, both black south africans and white south africans the opportunity to come through the modern world. there is really happiness. it's hard to describe it any other way. there is chanting. people are singing. there giving thanks. >> i would imagine there is pride. the funeral is more than a week away, nick. do we anticipate this type of energy and this type of crowds over the next several days as it transitions into an official time of mourning? >> reporter: i think i would.. they have no intention of goin
a wrench into negotiations after saying he would not sign the agreement until after that country's elections in sprin spring 2014. >>> two days after nelson mandela's death vigils and memorials continue to grow. tomorrow the country begins an official week of mourning of their late president. sir, throughout the night from their perspective. every time i've spoken to you over the past few years the crowds get louder. they get morse more celebrateor. >> yes, you can hear how many...
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opposition leaders have disrupted the work of the country's parliament demanding a snap presidential election violent dispersal for testers last weekend sparked more discontent in kiev where activists are rallying against a special police unit that's been accused of using excessive force we spoke to geo political analyst half william and dol and he believes it's likely the violence that erupted was bankrolled from outside the country. i haven't ports from ukrainian ordinary citizens that i mean contact with the students and the unemployed are being paid something like twenty to thirty euros a day by who knows who we can only speculate to come in to kiev and make the short force and then the fact that victoria nuland of all people one of the most outrageous neoconservatives of the bush era the former us ambassador to nato comes and encourages the ukrainian people to demonstrate for freedom and join in the european union this is obviously online we've got more on the situation he has including how extremist movements may be using the ongoing unrest for their own benefit so had to r.t. dot com f
opposition leaders have disrupted the work of the country's parliament demanding a snap presidential election violent dispersal for testers last weekend sparked more discontent in kiev where activists are rallying against a special police unit that's been accused of using excessive force we spoke to geo political analyst half william and dol and he believes it's likely the violence that erupted was bankrolled from outside the country. i haven't ports from ukrainian ordinary citizens that i mean...
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the difference f.w. de klerk handled the need for change and inevitable election, democratic election of nelson mandela, truly legitimate for nelson mandela, he was never legitimately elected. for him to recognize his role in history as a patriot at that point so different than the way mitch mcconnell handled the election of obama. so different. to set it up that way, the juxtaposition, they were willing, mcconnell people on the far right were willing to destroy the country to destroy obama. whereas to succeed in a country he live f.w. de klerk was wi to see it transformed to black rule so it could be done successfully so he could have his country have a better future. reverend, i owe it to you. i think that is the key statement about what happened yesterday, the loss of mandela and what his history is about and the key statement of why this has been so poisonous the last five years. we have real people in this country with real power and status who have used that status of power to hurt the country so they could hurt the president. that's the most damming assessment i've heard and i
the difference f.w. de klerk handled the need for change and inevitable election, democratic election of nelson mandela, truly legitimate for nelson mandela, he was never legitimately elected. for him to recognize his role in history as a patriot at that point so different than the way mitch mcconnell handled the election of obama. so different. to set it up that way, the juxtaposition, they were willing, mcconnell people on the far right were willing to destroy the country to destroy obama....
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the truth of the matter is i got re-elected. in part because people did think i was trustworthy and they knew i was working on their behalf. >> strange answer. >> yes. >> strange answer. strange prep for that answer, i have to say. >> really, what would you say? >> i think he could have said, barbara, i've seen those numbers and they concern me. want the american people to know they can trust me and i'm working hard on their behalf. something instead of "well, i don't think that's true." it's barbara walters looking at the gallup poll. >> it's amazing to me, in today's american politic, things move rather rapidly, and i guarantee the republicans figure out a way to do something that will increase obama's poll numbers. >> i agree it also because, a the republicans will always be the viable villain for the media. they're going to find something that the republicans do next that will take away. because obama is their guy. >> hopefully, the republicans are smart enough to stay out of obama care. you wonder why it's the topic every s
the truth of the matter is i got re-elected. in part because people did think i was trustworthy and they knew i was working on their behalf. >> strange answer. >> yes. >> strange answer. strange prep for that answer, i have to say. >> really, what would you say? >> i think he could have said, barbara, i've seen those numbers and they concern me. want the american people to know they can trust me and i'm working hard on their behalf. something instead of "well,...
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. >> the election is like which party will commit suicide last. the republicans messed up with the government shutdown, now the obama website. the concern next we'll see. >> joining me political writer, "daily beast" columnist sally cohn and contributor editor wallace walls. from washington, no longer in auburn gear although i expect his team spirit is soaring former white house secretary and founding partner of the insight agency robert gibbs. robert, i'll start with you. i will use football metaphors for fans at home and fans on set. is the white house -- is healthcare.gov are we seeing end to end a la auburn last night? is this a major play we're seeing on december 1st or are we in the middle of the field right now? >> i think the obama administration should be glad it appears to be first and ten again. it's no longer third and 35. we're a long way from 109 yard field goal return. look, i think you summed it up quite well. the users experience on the front end is greatly enhanced for most people that are using it. i never get tired of watching
. >> the election is like which party will commit suicide last. the republicans messed up with the government shutdown, now the obama website. the concern next we'll see. >> joining me political writer, "daily beast" columnist sally cohn and contributor editor wallace walls. from washington, no longer in auburn gear although i expect his team spirit is soaring former white house secretary and founding partner of the insight agency robert gibbs. robert, i'll start with you....
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s mayor could have a bumpy road towards re-election. embattled democrat vincent bray said monday that he'll run for a second term next year. four of his high-level aides have pleaded guilty to felonies, including two who received more than $260,000 in illegal payments. >>> well, big bird is back in the spotlight when it comes to political commercials. no, he's not in one this time. on monday, a federal appeals court upheld a ban on political ads on public television, but one ad that is hitting the airways is one from democrat george demos. he compares his rival and president obama to crack-smoking toronto mayor rob ford. >> tired of politicians? then look at george demos. he's not a politician. george demos knows the good guys from the bad. >> interesting imagery there. well, the ad makes no further linkage between mayor ford and democrats. demos lost the 2010 primary for the seat and dropped out again in 2012. >>> and it looks like the actual war on christmas is back again. the national republican congressional committee now has a coff
s mayor could have a bumpy road towards re-election. embattled democrat vincent bray said monday that he'll run for a second term next year. four of his high-level aides have pleaded guilty to felonies, including two who received more than $260,000 in illegal payments. >>> well, big bird is back in the spotlight when it comes to political commercials. no, he's not in one this time. on monday, a federal appeals court upheld a ban on political ads on public television, but one ad that is...
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he announced that he will not be running for re-election. >>> well, a full court press. at 2:30 this afternoon, the president goes all in with a december pr push to promote healthcare.gov and congressional underachievers. congress is about to go down as the least productive in our history. those are the topics for our agenda panel. suzy khimm is a national correspondent for msnbc, ron reagan is an msnbc analyst and steve benen is a contributor and producer for the rachel maddow show. i like this. suzy, the administration is feeling certainly confident enough to sell now to the public. is this going to be enough to combat the perception issues and the problems that they had initially with the rollout? >> so basically the obama administration is transitioning from this period in which it's trying to get the technical side of things to working to actually selling the law itself, which at this point is still a major task. the law is definitely going to disrupt health insurance in both positive ways and for some, some negative ways. so basically the administration is basicall
he announced that he will not be running for re-election. >>> well, a full court press. at 2:30 this afternoon, the president goes all in with a december pr push to promote healthcare.gov and congressional underachievers. congress is about to go down as the least productive in our history. those are the topics for our agenda panel. suzy khimm is a national correspondent for msnbc, ron reagan is an msnbc analyst and steve benen is a contributor and producer for the rachel maddow show. i...
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april 27, 1994, free elections, black africans in south africa will express for the first time their political will. will that be the happiest day of your life? >> yes and no. yes, because as i have already said that is a day of liberation. >> rose: yes. >> when the people of south africa will be able to elect a government of their own choice, when they take their destiny into their hands and are able to run their own lives. no, because if it is going to be more difficult to maintain the democracy than it was to bring it into reality. there are going to be very awesome challenges and which are going to test the ability of those who are leading the democratic process in this country. >> rose: nelson mandela perhaps the most admired man in the world died in south africa, age 95. >> captioning sponsored by rose communications captioned by media access group at wgbh access.wgbh.org >>> this is night by business report with tyler mathisen and susie gharib brought to you in part by. >> thestreet.com, up to the minute stock market news and in depth analysis. our quant rating service provide
april 27, 1994, free elections, black africans in south africa will express for the first time their political will. will that be the happiest day of your life? >> yes and no. yes, because as i have already said that is a day of liberation. >> rose: yes. >> when the people of south africa will be able to elect a government of their own choice, when they take their destiny into their hands and are able to run their own lives. no, because if it is going to be more difficult to...
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it grew sharper when south africa elected a white government passing laws taking racism to the extreme. the resettlement of 3 million, deprives the right to vote and travel. stripping them of citizenship. nelson mandela was 30. he was convinced peaceful demonstrations would never be enough. he helped to form and one an amped guerilla movement. a campaign of bombings and sabotage in the '60s led to his arrest and prosecution along with others in the movement. convicted but spared a death sentence, nelson mandela would spend a quarter of a century, 27 years behind prison walls, 18 of them at the notorious robin island. outside the fight grew more fears. aggression and violence focussed the attention of the world on racism. nelson mandela became the most famous prisoner in the world. the powerful international condemnation and growing domestic unrest chipped away at apart hide until nelson mandela was released from prison. the streets flowed with joy. the man, who was a powerful symbol of resistance, walked free, vowing never to go back to the black hell of apartheid. >> i have spoken abo
it grew sharper when south africa elected a white government passing laws taking racism to the extreme. the resettlement of 3 million, deprives the right to vote and travel. stripping them of citizenship. nelson mandela was 30. he was convinced peaceful demonstrations would never be enough. he helped to form and one an amped guerilla movement. a campaign of bombings and sabotage in the '60s led to his arrest and prosecution along with others in the movement. convicted but spared a death...